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Seemed a bit clear that it was Bama when he gave that interview to Scout a few days ago. When he said he'd just arrive on a campus instead of announcing, I said it makes sense to do that to the school & staff that already assumes your coming (being that he doesnt owe Michigan a reason that he's not there)....

...only reason we thought Michigan had a chance was because Sam Webb is solid w/ his info more often than not...and this was not of his times.

Also, it sounds like a few of y'all would be surprised at how many of these kids talk like this when the cameras are down...including kids that have reputations as "high character" kids (Jourdan/Jabrill/etc)...

It doesn't say anything about his character positive or negative, other than him not having the awareness to clean it up when the phones are out...just how a lot of these kids talk & joke around...

The staff knows how to recruit & coach up d-lineman, tho. If there's any position I don't lose sleep about (as far as missing on a recruit), it's here. We'll be fine.

Though this doesn't seem to mean anything...it's hard for me to imagine him showing up @ Michigan, leaving Bama's staff out to dry (especially the one that's considered a family friend). Would make more sense that Michigan gets that's treatment, being that he doesn't owe any of them a reason he didn't show up.

His interview w/ Scout the other day also makes me think it's still Bama...on the other hand, it's also hard for me to believe Sam Webb would project Harris in this class if he didn't feel strongly about what he's hearing (even if it's not a gut feeling)...

...so I guess I'm in the same boat as the rest in saying, fingers crossed, but I've believe it when I see it.

Now that Michigan's brand is as strong as it's been a good while, ND wants to piggyback off us? Having them on a our schedule benefits them more than us at this point. That school showed just how much respect they had for this rivalry w/ how they handled this situation last time around (handing a letter on the field). F**k them lol...

seriously though, it was/is a great rivalry...but i'm over it. *shrugs*

I usually try to stay away from the "he's well spoken" shit for obvious reasons, but in the instance, the kid obviously has his head on his shoulders.

Somebody posted a link to his Twitter the other day when Michigan beat Florida (he had some positive things to say), so I read through his timeline a bit. From it, you can definitely tell he's one of those "student of the game" types.

Even beyond the physical talent, he would be a great addition to the locker room.

I think everybody deserves a second chance, and know for a fact that good people can make bad/irrational decisons...so I don't have much of a problem on that front.

My bigger concern is more of, that situation could easily be negatively recruited against, no? Especially kids w/ overprotecting (for lack of a better word) parents. If the recruiting battle is close, could be enough to sway against...

Wait a minute, Chesson & Amara still have eligibility left??? Why is this news to me? I do remember Amara getting missing most of a season earlier in his career, but I thought he played in too many games that year...

Gotta pay attention to the targets. Burbridge had damn near 20 targets in that game. MSU's offense is designed for the X WR to get the majority of the looks, but that's still too much, considering they do have several playmakers @ the position (Kings did drop several, though).

With that being said, it's pretty much impossible to determine a "clear" winner there. It was pretty much a draw....and it was also the best WR/CB battle I've seen in college football this decade. Not hyperbole. That appealed to everything I love about football and why I miss playing it.

It does feel like this year's MSU team is the type to play up or down to the level of it's competition. With the exception of thier last game, they had complete control of pretty much every game with the chance to blow it open, and just let the opposing team hang around.

That offense can make plays when it needs to. Feels like Cook is capable of doing what he did last week (350+) whenever they need him to.

There is no "on/off" switch for that defense, though. They've lost their most constant player of Defense before the season started (Davis), most athletic CB (Copeland), most experienced DB (Williamson), and the player who was getting potential All-American hype has been a bust for them (Montae N.). And they don't recruit at an elite level, so the depth isn't there to overcome that type of shit.

The Narduzzi thing is overplayed, that defense fell off big time last year (they won because their offense averaged 45pts a game). Narduzzi is/was a great coach, but those Defense's were great because they unearthed some gems. They ran out of gems. It was going to happen eventually...

Biggest concern is: MSU's biggest weakness is in that horrible secondary. They can be beat deep. The biggest flaw in Ruddock's play so far? Exactly. He'll have the exact same players breaking free in the secondary as he did in the Utah game. He has to make those plays for UM to win.

When I'm talking about the brand being once again at the forefront of CFB, I'm obviously not talking about on-field play. We're obviously a couple years away from being where we want in that regard....

but there was a certain coaching hire that made UM about as talked-about & relevant of a program as there is, and it just feels convenient that now ND realizes the importance of the rivalry, when just a couple years ago, it apparently wasn't a "historic, traditional rivalry" at all (according to Kelly).

I don't think B. Kelly would feel the need to want Michigan back on the schedule if not for the recent attention/relevancy UM has reacquried. A part of why they decided to drop UM had to do with the shape the program was in at the time, and they simply thought there were better opportunities to promote their brand.

I don't think it's a coincidence that UM is back on people's minds, and all of a sudden, ND "remembers" how important a rivalry it is.

I used to be as pumped for the Mich/ND game as damn near any in college football, but with the way ND handled that entire situation (remember the letter on the field), I honestly wouldn't be mad if we never played them again.

I've saying for a minute, Pitt has a better chance to land him than most think. From what I've heard, he wants to play early. MSU (who has been considered the frontrunner) has a PG that Izzo is in love with (Narin), and Cassius game isn't suited to play off-the-ball like Trice did whenever they played together.

Pitt's staff has deep Detroit connections, and has been trying to build a pipeline to the city. Izzo could've went to visit Winston because of him rumblings of Cass-to-Pitt (why else would he show up? Cassius has an official to MSU on Saturday). Wouldn't be surprised Cassius landed at Pitt at all.

I've saying for a minute, Pitt has a better chance to land him than most think. From what I've heard, he wants to play early. MSU (who has been considered the frontrunner) has a PG that Izzo is in love with (Narin), and Cassius game isn't suited to play off-the-ball like Trice did whenever they played together.

Pitt's staff has deep Detroit connections, and has been trying to build a pipeline to the city. Wouldn't be surprised he landed there at all.

Whether a not a team is competitive vs an out-of-conference team that is considered above, beneath or equal to them is far more indicative of how good a conference is, than just looking at a W-L column...

Nebraska lost on a damn Hail Mary. That's not an indictment on the B1G. Both teams were pretty much equal, and one team made one more play. The Penn State game would be more alarming, with the assumption by some that they were going to be decent this year.

...but even if, say, PSU won a bunch of games in the B1G, that shouldn't automatically say that the B1G sucks either. It is possible for teams to improve over the course of the season. People need to look at these things with more nuance, instead of building these naratives.

um...what are these fucking "numbers" that Derrick Green is alluding to? A 500yd season is enough to hand you the job? *Bill Maher voice* New Rule: You're not entitled to carries if we haven't seen you break an arm tackle or stiff arm ONE defender since suiting up.

You now understand what these coaches mean by "de-recruiting" a kid once he lands on campus...

Can Jabrill play QB? Because that's the only reason to have him out there right now. We had enough players who can make plays w/ the ball in their hands last night (btw, 1st time in a while that our screen plays actually worked).

Peppers needs to master his own position before we should consider putting too much on his plate...

Really enjoyed the enthusiasm he showed late in the game (Utah was already up 2 TDs) when he came up and made the play. Started to get more comfortable as the game went on, and was able to make reads/plays in the backfield off instincts.

Mike Hart actually was coming on in Indy before injuries...wouldn't have been surprised if he ended up with a couple 1K yard seasons...

as far as Derrick Green is concerned...hate to keep beating a dead horse, but there were several scouts who weren't sold on him coming out of HS...and his HS film defiinitely wasn't that of a "Top RB In The Country". He wasn't running thru contact or hitting homeruns then, and the excuse was "he plays in VA, which has some of the best competition in HS"...

Rudock at his best is serviceable. At his worst, he's what we saw when we played Iowa a couple of years ago: FUCKING HORRIBLE. That's just what we have to deal with this year. Just ride it out until Brandon Peters gets on campus.

I was actually more concerned with the running game. That was supposed to further along by now. Ty Issac looked like the RB with the most pop. Seemed like Derrick Green is 4th on the depth chart right now, which is probably best.

Positives: Jake Butt is a star, Our WR's were open throughout the game, Pass protection was really good (for the most part).

Right. I don't agree with his point tho. MSU's defense last year was the weakest it's been in the past few years. Just because they were ripped up by Oregon/OSU/Baylor last year isn't an indictment on their D throughout Dantonio's tenure.

With that being said, there is a significant chance they are horrible in their secondary (for their standards, anyway) this year. Their front seven could have had a chance to be the best in the country, but that was dependent largely on Ed Davis having an All-American year (Calhoun & Waynes got the most hype, but Davis was their most consistant player on D last year).

The point Plax is making is: Saban is a fucking hypocrite for criticizing kids for thinking about & making plans based on their futures when college coaches (like Saban) do the same thing all the fucking time (ex. coaches leaving for another job before the season ends... all the while selling current kids, recruits and the fan base wolf tickets up until that point knowing they will be out the door soon).

The millionaire coach gets to think about & make decisions based on his future all the time, but when a college kid does it, it's a problem? Isn't Saban's job to um, COACH through that? That's what these guys get paid for, right?

I was one of the few who thought Stanley Johnson projected to the next level better than Winslow did. Hollis-Jefferson was saying recently he thought Johnson's game was more suited for the pro game than in college. People forget was playing alongside no one who could create offense at Zona (and Miller hasn't had a good offense since...???), meanwhile Winslow had all the room in the world to operate alongside the best low post scorer in college, the best pure-PG in college, and sniper to stretch the court (Cook). Johnson would've looked every bit as good (or better) if you swapped them out...